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Contents
Purpose and scope of the investigation
Location and extent of the area
Previous investigations
Methods of investigation
Acknowledgments
Topography and drainage
Population
Transportation
Agriculture
Natural resources and industries
Climate
Summary of stratigraphy
Pre-Cenozoic geologic history
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic geologic history by S. W. Lohman
Tertiary Period
Quaternary Period
Pleistocene Epoch
Late Pleistocene and Recent events
The water table and movement of ground water
Shape and slope
Relation to topography
Fluctuations in water level
Recharge from local precipitation
Percolation from outside of area
Seepage from streams and ponds
Discharge by evaporation and transpiration
Seepage into streams
Discharge from springs
Discharge from wells
General features
Wells
Dug wells
Bored wells
Driven wells
Drilled wells
Wells in consolidated rocks
Wells in unconsolidated deposits
Domestic and stock supplies
Irrigation supplies
Public supplies
Availability of large ground-water supplies
Chemical constituents in relation to use
Dissolved solids
Hardness
Iron
Fluoride
Water for irrigation
Sanitary considerations
Quality in relation to water-bearing formations
Geologic formations and their water-bearing properties
Gulfian Series
Dakota formation
Character
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Graneros shale
Character
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Greenhorn limestone
Character
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Carlile shale
Character
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Quaternary System. Geology by S. W. Lohman, Hydrology by V. C. Fishel
Pleistocene Series
Belleville formation
Redefinition of name
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Loess
General features
Age and correlation
Water supply
Pleistocene and Recent Series
Alluvium of the Republican River Valley
Distribution and thickness
Hydrologic properties of the water-bearing materials
Specific yield
Laboratory determinations of permeability
Pumping-test determinations of permeability
Wright pumping test
Ward pumping test
Pumping tests at Concordia Prisoner of War Camp
Summary
Yield of wells
Underflow
Salinity
Conclusions
Republic County
Cloud County
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geohydrology
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